Gate-latch



(No Model.)

- W. W. (ELEMENTS.

. GATE LATCH.

No. 429,505. Patented June 3, 1890.

IQI,

lllllllfll ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

WVILLIAM W. OLEMENTS, OF SUMNER, GEORGIA.

GATE-LATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,505, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed October 22, 1889. $erial No. 327,771- (No model.)

enact description of the invention, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificaion.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gates; and it has for its object, among others, to provide an improved gate wherein one of the pickets of the gate shall be constructed and connected to operate the latch or bolt, and also serve as the handle or lever, whereby the gate may be opened or closed after the latch or bolt has been withdrawn. 7

The invention consists in the peculiarities of construction and the novel combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters ofreference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the reverse side of the gate shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the latch.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the posts or uprights, to one of which the gate is hinged in any suitable manner.

The gate is composed of the end uprights B and top and bottom cross-pieces 0, connecting the uprights in any preferred manner.

To the top and bottom pieces of the gate are secured the pickets D, of any preferred form, a bottom cross-piece E being preferably employed as a guide and rest for the lower ends of the pickets, as shown.

Secured to the rear face of the pickets, be-

neath the top cross-piece of the gate, is a metallic plate F, having one end turned at right angles to the body of the plate, as shown at G, and onthis plate are the loops or guides H for the bolt I, which bolt passes through said loops or guides and is formed with the shoulders a and b, which serve to limit its movement in both directions by contact with one of said loops or guides, as will be readily understood. The rear end of this bolt works in an opening therefor in the right-angled portion G of the plate F. A spring J is placed around the bolt between the shoulder a and the said right-angled portion, as shown in Fig. 2. The other end of the bolt is beveled in the usual manner and works through an opening in the upright, and is designed to engage a suitable catch-plate on the upright of the gateframe.

The bolt is free to move in its guides or loops and is operated as follows: One of the pickets, preferably the second one from the end of the gate nearest the latch end, is attached at its lower end only to the lower crosspiece, its upper end being left free, and preferably, though not necessarily, extended slightly above the other pickets and formed into a sort of handle 0. Beneath the upper cross-piece of the gate this picket is attached to the bolt by means of a suitable pin, screw, or bolt d, which passes through an elongated slot 6 in the plate F, as shown. The manipulation of this picket withdraws the bolt and leaves the gate free to be swung on its hinges,

the picket serving also as a handle by which to open or close the gate.

A gate constructed in the manner above described is simple, cheap of construction, and is neat in appearance,the movable picket dispensing with the necessity of an additional lever and giving the gate a much neater appearance.

I deem it important that the operating means for the latch or bolt be one of the pickets of the gate, moving in the same plane and in line with the other pickets of the gate. This gives a more sight-1y appearance to the gate and simplifies the parts, no additional guides for the operating-levers being necessary.

What I claim as new is The combination, with the gate and the plate thereon and provided with an elongated slot extending lengthwise of the plate, said plate having its rear end bent to form a guide for the rear end of the bolt, of the picket C, pivotally connected at its lower end with the lower cross-bar of the gate, with its upper end free, the bolt 1, notches over one of the guides, and movable lengthwise of the plate in guides thereon, the spiral spring for projecting the bolt, and the horizontal pin d, carried by the said picket between its ends and passed through the slot in the plate and connected with the bolt I, said picket being movable in the same plane and in line with the other pickets of the gate, substantially as shown [5 and described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WV. (ELEMENTS. Witnesses: 4

JESSIE G. SPURLIN, WALTER A. J ONES. 

